Letters, Oct. 18, 1943

I hope the Republicans have enough political acumen . . . not to
overlook the name of Bill Jeffers when they consider suitable
candidates for the Presidency.

Here is a man who did an outstanding job in the political maelstrom of
Washington; a man who has worked up from the bottom to the successful
head of one of our largest enterprisesthe Union Pacific Railroad; a
man who knows what it means to "make a dollar." . . . Surely such a one
on the record of his past performances should appeal...